On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the Earth’s moon. On July 16, 1969, Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins were launched from Cape Kennedy atop a ...

Look at a picture of the Apollo 11 launch and you'll probably notice the rocket's pointed tip and the fire coming from the five giant engines in the first stage of the 36-story-tall Saturn V rocket.

On October 11, 1968, NASA redefined the phrase “nothing is impossible” as they sent the first crewed fight to space. The Apollo 7 was the Apollo Program's first successful spacecraft, with its crew of ...

16 x 20 cm. (6.3 x 7.9 in.) Though an Apollo 18 had initially been planned, the decision to scrap the project meant the ascent of Apollo 17’s LM “Challenger” also marked the end of all human visits to ...

The Apollo missions showed exact science at work. Each part needed to be close to perfection from start to finish. NASA ...

Apollo 7 launched on Oct. 11, 1968, with the goal of demonstrating the capabilities of the command and service module and its crew. While the command module was designed to get the astronauts from the ...

July 20 marked the 54th anniversary of the first time humans stepped foot on a celestial body other than Earth. Working for North American Aviation at the Space Division at Downey, California in the ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This is the Skylab 4 Command Module, which served as the crew cabin for going to and from Skylab, the first U.S. space ...

The present lot is located in artnet's headquarters in New York. Please message the specialist if you would like to schedule a private viewing. The present image, from the Apollo 17 Mission in 1972, ...

The Apollo lunar missions worked by using a spacecraft in two parts. The Command and Service Module (CSM) and the Lunar Module (LM) traveled together from the launch pad at Cape Kennedy to lunar orbit ...

It was the only part of the Apollo 11 spacecraft that came back from the moon. Designing, testing and building it was a monumental task, according... The Making Of Apollo's Command Module: 2 Engineers ...